Towards a sustainable transport system in NZ (CN 2020)

Transport planner and scholar Julie Anne Genter discusses a number of key sustainability issues facing transport development in New Zealand.
Content roughly follows her chapter in the book Carbon Neutral by 2020 (Craig Potton Publishing, 2007)
http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm
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Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal, water mills in Himalayas

http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/crt CRT/N won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2007. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com
Since its inception in 1989, the Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal, has focused on improving traditional water mills used for centuries by farming communities in the Himalayas. There are [...]

Garbage Warrior - Michael Reynolds Sustainable Living

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This guy is a freaking genius….a modern day Einstein meets Frank Lloyd Wright meets Ed Begley Jr meets the local garbage man….
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An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability

Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire’s “White Sage Gardens” in the back yard of his rental home — a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, “How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?” Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in [...]

Smart Green Infrastructure: How To Grow Sustainable Cities

Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region. This involves strategic tree planting, tree-mimicking technologies, and community engagement to generate multiple solutions to the environmental threats facing our cities, including ensuring a sustainable water supply, reducing [...]